The Illinois-Iowa Railfan

Hello fellow railfans! I have posted this total on a few other websites, but this is for those who haven't seen it. This is 24 hours on the BNSF transcon in Toluca IL from back in March. I figured I'd post this one becuase I'm leaving down for Toluca again next week, and heck, it is here to compare with future 24 hour counts I'll get! I'll let you guys know how next week goes. Have fun and I hope you all enjoy.

Between 4:28pm thursday and 4:26 Friday March 23nd I caught 62 trains total - 58 BNSF and 4 UP trains.
1. 4:28 WB BNSF Pig (Z-train) mostly trailers/UPS/LTL
2. 4:45 EB BNSF baretable
3. 5:11 EB BNSF freight
4. 5:22 EB BNSF baretable
5. 5:23 WB BNSF Herzog ballast train
6. 6:38 WB freight
7. 6:42 EB freight
8. 7:14 WB Pig mostly UPS - I think this one goes to L.A.
9. 7:35 WB Stack all Import/Export
10. 8:00 WB UP stack (CSX, EMP, Pacer, STAX containers)
11. 8:28 WB BNSF freight
12. 8:38 EB freight
13. 8:40 WB stack (mix I/E and domestic)
14. 8:53 WB Pig lots UPS
15. 9:27 EB stack (mix)
16. 9:29 WB Pig
17. 9:43 EB stack (mix)
18. 10:01 WB Auto (some Automax)
19. 10:07 EB pig no UPS, all ltl,ftl
20. 10:20 EB pig no UPS, lots Alliance Shipping
21. 10:53 EB stack (mix)
22. 10:55 WB Pig Hot, mostly UPS, ltl
23. 11:05 WB stack solid Domestic
24. 11:05 EB stack I/E
25. 11:17 EB stack I/E
26. 11:22 WB pig mostly ltl, UPS
27. 11:41 WB Automax
28. 11:43 EB Auto
29. 12:03am WB stack I/E with DP
30. 12:19 WB stack
31. 1:19 EB pig
32. 2:03 EB stack solid Cosco
33. 2:16 WB pig
34. 2:16 EB pig
35. 4:58 WB stack solid China Shipping (I dont think missed a train here - I did fall asleep between trains though)
36. 5:43 WB pig No UPS
37. 6:05 WB freight
38. 7:38 WB pig short, mostly UPS
39. 7:41 WB stack mix
40. 8:03 EB freight
41. 8:17 EB stack mix
42. 9:28 EB pig mostly UPS (lots new schneider stacks upfront)
43. 9:39 WB stack mix
44. 10:03 EB pig 87 trailers, mostly UPS, ltl (I started counting trailers from then on)
45. 11:10 WB stack I/E
46. 11:32 EB freight
47. 11:39 WB pig 142 trailers of everything
48. 12:31 WB UP auto
49. 12:33 EB stack mostly I/E
50. 12:45 EB pig 140 trailers mostly UPS, ltl
51. 1:12 WB UP stack
52. 1:29 EB BNSF pig 129 trailers
53. 1:35 WB pig 145 trailers
54. 1:42 EB pig 37 trailers lots upfront stacks
55. 2:13 EB freight
56. 2:41 WB freight
57. 2:50 WB UP auto
58. 3:19 EB pig 38 trailers mostly UPS
59. 3:22 WB pig 71 trailers No UPS
60. 3:34 EB pig 120 trailers everything
61. 3:59 EB freight
62. 4:26 WB stack mostly I/E

In total thats 23 pigs (12 WB 11 EB), 18 stacks (10 WB and 8 EB), 11 freights (4 WB and 7 EB), 2 EB baretable, 3 auto (2 WB, 1 EB), 1 WB Herzog.

And the best thing about all of those trains. Not ONE coal train. Up here on the UP Geneva Sub, coal trains dominate.

BNSF is the best!!!!

Nice report, the ATSF mainline is still the same, only the name has changed.

In the spirit of Bon Jovi.

MILW86A

I actually kind of wish there was a few coal trains on the line. It adds diversity and makes waiting for the next train kind of suspensful instead of practically knowing it'll be an intermodal.